Claim pillar
Tribunal Watch has indexed 6,420 UK employment tribunal cases involving whistleblowing claims, published on gov.uk since 2017. Where compensation was recorded, the median award was £4,492 (the largest £920,302) across 587 cases. Tribunals upheld 14% of the 2,763 decided whistleblowing claims. These cases name 6,112 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dismissed | 2,388 | 54% |
| Struck out | 654 | 15% |
| Other | 516 | 12% |
| Withdrawn | 495 | 11% |
| Upheld | 375 | 8% |
| Settled | 8 | 0% |
| Year | Cases | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 87 | |
| 2018 | 186 | |
| 2019 | 829 | |
| 2020 | 1,116 | |
| 2021 | 745 | |
| 2022 | 736 | |
| 2023 | 769 | |
| 2024 | 716 | |
| 2025 | 775 | |
| 2026 | 461 |
| Case ref. | Decided | Claimant | Primary respondent | Total award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1401505/2015 | 28 May 2019 | M Shoukrey | BMI Healthcare | £920,302 |
| 2202063/2014 | 8 November 2019 | Mr M Epstein For | Government of the State of Qatar | £388,920 |
| 2203888/2020 | 11 March 2022 | Ms L Bone (Counsel) For the | — | £200,000 |
| 3200557/2016 | 31 May 2018 | Mr A Dogra | Acetrip Limited | £124,659 |
| 3301843/2020 | 19 January 2024 | Mr M Magee, Counsel For the | — | £122,654 |
| 6010549/2024 | 9 January 2026 | Andrew Palmer | Aqua Lane Limited | £122,426 |
| 2302047/2022 | 1 March 2023 | Mr I Turner | Tower Demolition (Holdings) Ltd1 (company number 07747685) | £121,602 |
| 2201552/2024 | 24 March 2025 | Mrs E Trobe | Nomad Health Technologies Ltd | £99,169 |
| Case ref. | Decided | Claimant | Primary respondent | Jurisdiction | Total award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4108280/2019 | 11 March 2020 | Miss L Hurley | Gateway Highland Homeless Trust | Scotland | — |
| 2601003/2018 | 11 March 2020 | Mr S Johnsen | The Attic Room Retail Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2206108/2018 | 11 March 2020 | Ms H Higgins, counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2401885/2019 | 11 March 2020 | Ms S Martin | Chorley FM | England & Wales | — |
| 3202314/2018 | 11 March 2020 | Mr S Knell | London Borough of Barking and Dagenham | England & Wales | — |
| 1403847/2019 | 11 March 2020 | Mrs A Hicks | GKN Aerospace Service Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2602307/2018 | 11 March 2020 | Mr B Vargsson | Nottingham College | England & Wales | — |
| 2603229/2019 | 11 March 2020 | Mr G Allinson | Ministry of Defence | England & Wales |
Cases on this page are identified by first-pass extraction against the locked §4.4 claim-type taxonomy — a judgment enters the whistleblowing caseload if whistleblowingis tagged in its classification output. A single judgment frequently combines multiple claim types, so the same case may appear on more than one claim-type page. Per-claim outcomes come from the second-pass (LLM-assisted) extraction and are recorded for each claim a judgment decides; the success rate counts only claims a tribunal decided on the merits (upheld or dismissed). Award figures are taken from the remedy section of each judgment where present; cases without a quantified award — because the tribunal only determined liability, or because the remedy hearing is pending — are excluded from the compensation figures. Regional splits follow the tribunal's jurisdiction as recorded on gov.uk. Nothing on this page is legal advice or a prediction of any outcome; for any specific matter the gov.uk judgment PDF linked from each case page is the authoritative source.
| 15 | Transport for London | 8 |
| 16 | Lancashire County Council | 7 |
| 17 | Lidl Great Britain Limited | 7 |
| 18 | Limited (in Liquidation) | 7 |
| 19 | London Borough of Newham | 7 |
| 20 | Serco Limited | 7 |
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| 4111203/2019 | 10 March 2020 | Mr M McSherry | Stopfire Limited | Scotland | £5,400 |
| 1803569/2019 | 9 March 2020 | Mr S Appleyard | Shay Grange Golf Centre Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2416810/2019 | 9 March 2020 | Mr M Wood | Teledyne CML Composites | England & Wales | — |
| 3324530/2019 | 8 March 2020 | Mr I Coowar | ERA Home Security Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1401356/2019 | 7 March 2020 | Mrs A Griggs | The Governing Body Symondsbury CE VA Primary School | England & Wales | — |
| 3201183/2019 | 7 March 2020 | Ms S Master | Barclays plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2411192/2019 | 7 March 2020 | Mr M Ward | 1) JLG Group plc 2) John Davies 3) Robert Boot | England & Wales | — |
| 3314574/2019 | 7 March 2020 | Mr K Fenlon | Cambridge and Peterborough Combined Authority | England & Wales | — |
| 2603447/2019 | 6 March 2020 | Miss. R Chauhan | Leicester Diocesan Board Of Finance. | England & Wales | — |
| 1600378/2019 | 6 March 2020 | Mr N Lloyd | Biffa Waste Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301649/2019 | 6 March 2020 | Mr Dincay | Airport Retail Enterprises (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1402437/2018 | 6 March 2020 | Mr J Hourihan | Goodridge Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2414414/2019 | 6 March 2020 | Mr S Merdono | ELP Legal Team | England & Wales | — |
| 3331129/2018 | 6 March 2020 | Mr C Milsom, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2304102/2019 | 6 March 2020 | Ms Gemma Tester | Clockwork Chroming and Motorcyle Parts Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1802008/2019 | 6 March 2020 | Ms. Z Windle | The Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police | England & Wales | — |
| 4111052/2019 | 6 March 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4111052/2019 Mr C Kay | Represented by: Mr R Russell, Solicitor Leen Gravemaker nd | Scotland | — |
| 2303925/2018 | 6 March 2020 | Miss T Don Nonisge | Haven Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2205459/2012 | 6 March 2020 | — | The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis | England & Wales | — |
| 2602160/2018 | 5 March 2020 | Mr D Ghelani | Secretary of State for Work & Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 1404084/2019 | 5 March 2020 | Mr S Lear-Easdown | Complete Utilities Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3324653/2019 | 5 March 2020 | Mr S Calauz | Bluerock Recruitment Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3201545/2018 | 5 March 2020 | Mr N Levy | The Governing Body of Oaks Park High School | England & Wales | — |
| 1402605/2019 | 5 March 2020 | Mrs T Russell | Cherry & White Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2413668/2019 | 5 March 2020 | Mr N Shepherd | (R1) Shuttleworth College (R2) Lancashire County Council (R3) Ruth England (R4) Lorraine Lauder (R5) Jodie Graham | England & Wales | — |
| 2303212/2019 | 5 March 2020 | Mrs E Pette | Bought By Many Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3320864/2019 | 5 March 2020 | Mr S McKechnie | DPD Group UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2303980/2019 | 5 March 2020 | Mr S Keen, Counsel For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3201911/2019 | 4 March 2020 | Mrs Rita Rajani Zaveri | London Borough of Redbridge | England & Wales | — |
| 2500621/2019 | 4 March 2020 | Mr I Ramshaw | Essentra Components Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2204518/2019 | 4 March 2020 | Miss M Amrith | Applied Medical UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1308851/2019 | 4 March 2020 | Mrs SM Cambridge | St George’s Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2300816/2021 | 4 March 2020 | Ms M Osei-Antwi | London Borough of Lewisham | England & Wales | £0 |
| 1404003/2019 | 4 March 2020 | Mr J Farmer | Complete Utilities Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2502388/2019 | 4 March 2020 | Mr J Crotty | Talbot House Trust North East | England & Wales | — |
| 1601988/2019 | 4 March 2020 | Mrs L Brown | Morrison’s plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2500463/2019 | 4 March 2020 | Mrs S Chappell | TFS Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1306225/2019 | 3 March 2020 | Miss S Moore | Cognition Communications Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3312673/2019 | 3 March 2020 | Mr MF Bashir | Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2301748/2019 | 3 March 2020 | Mr K Amakye | Charles Allotey T/A Charles Allotey & Co | England & Wales | — |
| 1308523/2019 | 3 March 2020 | Mr A Mahmood | W.wing Yip plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2416776/2018 | 29 February 2020 | Mrs S Carlson | Corporation Of Macclesfield College | England & Wales | — |